After actor Savi Sidhu revealed he has taken up a job as a security guard to support himself, Mika Singh tweeted and asked fans to help him find Sidhu's contact number. "At times it's so difficult to understand our industry. We show so much love...but bhai when u see your brother...in times of need then please support yaar," he added.

Five unmarried couples were whipped in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday by Sharia police after they were caught cuddling and holding hands, or in some cases having sex, a crime under the conservative region's Islamic law. They received between 4-22 strokes outside a mosque, after serving months in prison. Hundreds of spectators, including children, watched as they were being whipped.

India won 368 medals, including 85 gold, at the Special Olympics World Summer Games, which was held at UAE's Abu Dhabi from March 14 to 21. The Indian team of 284 athletes also clinched 154 silver and 129 bronze medals at the event. Indian powerlifters bagged the maximum number of medals including 20 gold, 33 silver and 43 bronze.

Talking about the terror attack on two mosques in New Zealand's Christchurch, Mumbai-born New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel said he felt completely hollow. "We've shown...terrorism doesn't have a religion and that everyone belongs in this country – every culture, every race, every religion. We're all one," he added, referring to the support shown around New Zealand after the attack.

CSK captain MS Dhoni, in a documentary, said 2013 was the most difficult phase in his life. "I was never depressed as much as I was then," he added, referring to the aftermath of 2013 spot-fixing scandal. "Yes, there was mistake from the franchise but...What mistake did players do to go through all of that?" he added.

Pakistan's Minister of Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has said Pakistan will not air the Indian Premier League 2019, which begins on March 23. This comes after India's official broadcaster of Pakistan Super League (PSL), DSports, and producers IMG-Reliance pulled out of the PSL following the Pulwama attack. "We can't tolerate that IPL is shown in Pakistan," Chaudhry said.

Facebook today revealed that during a security review in January, it found millions of user passwords were "stored in a readable format within internal data storage systems". Facebook fixed the issue and will be notifying millions of Facebook, Facebook Lite and Instagram users whose passwords were readable. "These passwords were never visible to anyone outside of Facebook," the company said.

Over 30 tweets were posted on March 21, 2006, when micro-blogging site Twitter was launched, with the first-ever tweet posted by Twitter's Co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey himself. He posted five tweets on the day, beginning from "just setting up my twttr", followed by "inviting coworkers", "waiting for dom to update more", "lunch" and "working on SMS in".

NASA released an image of the 500-metre-wide asteroid Bennu, the smallest celestial object ever orbited, revealing it is shooting particles into space. The image of Bennu, which has a one-in-2,700 chance of hitting Earth in the next century, was taken by NASA's first-ever asteroid sample return mission OSIRIS-REx. The first such particle explosion on Bennu was discovered on January 6.

India will not send any official representative to the Pakistan National Day event at the Pakistan Mission in New Delhi. The government decided against sending any representative to the function as Pakistan had invited the representatives of the Hurriyat Conference to the event. India had formally complained to Pakistan about instances of its diplomats in Pakistan being harassed.

The US Consulate Mumbai on Thursday shared a picture of the then PM Jawaharlal Nehru applying colour to the then US First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy on the occasion of Holi in 1962. The US Consulate in Mumbai connects and promotes mutual understanding between the people of Western India and the United States. "A #Holi #ThrowbackThursday pic from 1962...#USIndiaDosti," it tweeted.

Relatives of Kerala's 28-year-old Rafeeq, who died of heart attack in Saudi Arabia last month, were mistakenly handed over the dead body of a woman. A police official attached to the Konni police station in Kerala confirmed the mix-up. The woman's body is being moved to Kottayam's Medical College Hospital mortuary and arrangements are being made to send it back.

At least 72 people have died after an overloaded ferry sank in Tigris river near Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday. Most of the casualties were women and children who couldn't swim, the head of Mosul’s Civil Defence Authority Husam Khalil said. As many as 55 people, including 19 children, have been rescued.

Hong Kong property tycoon Thomas Kwok was released from prison on Thursday after serving just over three years of his five-year sentence for bribing a top official. "The thing I want to do the most? Go home. I have already ordered dim sum," the 67-year-old said. Kwok, who is worth $12.4 billion, was granted an early release for good behaviour.

Levi Strauss raised $623.3 million in its IPO on Wednesday as the US jeans maker looks to return to the stock market after 34 years. The IPO price values Levi Strauss at about $6.6 billion. The company, which claims to have invented blue jeans in the 19th century, will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday.

Ahead of the general elections, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) MLA Ranbir Gangwa joined the BJP on Thursday in Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar's presence. The MLA from Hisar's Nalwa said it became difficult to remain in INLD as "factionalism plagued the party". Khattar said, "He (Gangwa) is from the OBC community and holds...good reputation in the community."

The Congress party on Thursday released its list of candidates for the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh. The Congress Central Election Committee (CEC) finalised candidates for three Lok Sabha and 45 Assembly seats in the state. Congress leader Naraharasetti Narasimha Rao has been named to contest from Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency.

Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo has been fined €20,000 (₹15 lakh) for his 'mimicking sex' celebration in Champions League Round of 16 second leg against Atlético Madrid. UEFA said its disciplinary panel found the five-time Ballon d'Or winner guilty of improper conduct. Ronaldo's celebration was apparently in response to Atlético manager Diego Simeone, who performed a similar celebration in first leg.

The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed an order by Directorate General of Health Services banning the sale, manufacture, distribution, trade, import and advertisement of e-cigarettes and vapes. It said the products do not fall within the definition of a "drug" as per Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. The next hearing over the same is scheduled for May 17.

After SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav said that the Pulwama attack was a "conspiracy to gain votes", Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Thursday criticised Yadav saying his remarks are "shameful". Terming Yadav's remarks "height of appeasement", Yogi said he should "apologise" to the country. He added Yadav's statements are a "part of the conspiracy to demoralise brave soldiers".

Bajaj Auto on Thursday announced it is in talks to swap its entire 48% stake in Austria-based KTM for shares in its parent company KTM Industries. This would increase KTM Industries' stake in the company from 51.7% to 99.7%. The Indian automaker valued its investment in KTM at nearly ₹2,529 crore as of 2017-18.

Oman's oil ministry on Wednesday denied being part of a $3.8-billion plan to build an oil refinery in Sri Lanka. This comes a day after the government in Colombo announced the Arab country's participation in the deal. "It came as news to me, I don't know who's signing the cheque for $3.8 billion," an official of Oman's oil ministry said.

IndiGo's Chief Commercial Officer Willy Boulter on Wednesday said the budget carrier continues to engage in recruiting expat as well as "out-of-job" pilots in India. The carrier is offering jobs to pilots of Jet Airways along with compensation for overdue salaries from the crisis-hit airline. This comes as IndiGo faces acute shortage of commanders amid rapid expansion of its fleet.